Slaying Suspect Called 'Ideal Kid' 

Ocean City (The Washington Post, METRO)

Erika Sifrit, who police say admitted that she and her husband killed a Fairfax City couple, was an honor student and star athlete who surprised her parents by marrying a man they had never met, her high school basketball coach said yesterday.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45915-2002Jun1.html
 

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May 18, 2002

Suspects charged in Brown's killings

(The Chicago Tribune, LOCAL)

Two suspects were formally charged today with murder in the 1993 slayings of seven people at a Brown's Chicken & Pasta in Palatine and, if found guilty, will be eligible for the death penalty, prosecutors said.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/showcase/chi-020518browns.story?coll=chi%2Dnews%2Dhed

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2 jail guards charged in killing

(The Chicago Tribune, LOCAL)

Two Cook County Jail guards were charged with first-degree murder and a third guard with misconduct Friday in the shooting death of a West Side man.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/showcase/chi-0205180141may18.story?coll=chi%2Dnews%2Dhed

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U.S. Intercepting Messages Hinting at a New Attack

Washington (The NY Times, NATIONAL)

American intelligence agencies have intercepted a vague yet troubling series of communications among Al Qaeda operatives over the last few months indicating that the terrorist organization is trying to carry out an operation as big as or bigger than the Sept. 11 attacks, according to intelligence and law enforcement officials.

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/19/national/19THRE.html

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May 17, 2002

Suspects held in Brown's killings

(The Chicago Tribune, LOCAL)

One of two men being questioned in connection with the unsolved slayings at a Brown Chicken & Pasta in Palatine in 1993 has made a videotaped confession, law enforcement sources said today.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/showcase/chi-020517palatine.story?coll=chi%2Dnews%2Dhed

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Mother charged in infant's death

(The Chicago Tribune, LOCAL)

A woman accused of wrapping her newborn daughter in plastic bags and throwing her in a garbage can was charged Thursday with involuntary manslaughter.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/showcase/chi-0205170148may17.story?coll=chi%2Dnews%2Dhed

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Abortion Foes Are Ruled a Threat

(The LA Times, LOCAL)

An Internet Web site and "wanted" posters created by militant abortion foes were real threats to doctors and the clinics where they worked and are not protected by the 1st Amendment, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-000034858may17.story?coll=la%2Dheadlines%2Dcalifornia%2Dmanual

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May 16, 2002

Blind girl in fatal fall tied up before, court told

(The Chicago Tribune, LOCAL)

The stepfather of the blind and deaf 9-year-old girl who fell to her death admitted to police he had tied up the child and left her alone in the past but denied she was tied up Sunday night, prosecutors said at a court hearing Wednesday.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/showcase/chi-0205160260may16.story?coll=chi%2Dnews%2Dhed

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Man Says Dead Girls' Photo Led Him to Become Informer

Mitchell Burns, white haired at 75, said he used to be a believer in the Ku Klux Klan, back when talk of integration here had people lining up to join. But then a man from the federal government showed him pictures of four dead girls, and he changed his mi

http://nytimes.com/2002/05/16/national/16CHUR.html

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May 15, 2002

Masked man shoots pregnant woman

(The Chicago Tribune, LOCAL)

An 8-month-old fetus survived two gunshot wounds Tuesday when a masked gunman ambushed a pregnant woman as she escorted a group of children home from school on the South Side, police said.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-020515pregnant-woman-shot.story?coll=chi%2Dnews%2Dhed

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Alleged Plot to Kill Governor of Arizona Is Foiled

A career criminal, a clergyman and a sex offender were arrested for allegedly plotting to kill Gov. Jane Hull and a county sheriff known for his strict treatment of inmates.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Murder-For-Hire.html

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May 14, 2002

Abuse Victim Shoots Priest

Alleged abuse victim charged with shooting priest

Baltimore (The Chicago Tribune, NATIONAL)

A Roman Catholic priest was shot and seriously wounded by a man who had accused him of abuse nine years ago, authorities said today.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/showcase/sns-priestshot.story?coll=chi%2Dnews%2Dhed

Priest Shot by His Accuser

Baltimore (The LA Times, NATIONAL)

A Roman Catholic priest was shot and seriously wounded by a man who had accused him of abuse nine years ago, authorities said today. 

http://latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-051402priestshot_wr.story

Maryland Priest Shot by Accuser, Police Say

A Roman Catholic priest was shot and seriously wounded by a man who had accused him of abuse nine years ago, authorities said Tuesday.

http://nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Priest-Shot.html

Man Charged in Shooting of Baltimore Priest 

Baltimore (The Washington Post, NATIONAL)

A Roman Catholic priest was shot outside his Baltimore home by a man who said he was molested by the priest, police said.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14301-2002May14.html

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Package Bomb Not Terror-Linked

Philadelphia (The Chicago Tribune, NATIONAL)

There is no evidence that a bomb found in a Postal Service mailbox was related to Middle Eastern terrorists, despite a note on the parcel that said "Free Palestine now," authorities said Tuesday

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/showcase/sns-ap-package-explosion0514may14.story?coll=chi%2Dnews%2Dhed

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Treaty's Dark Side: Threat of Terrorism

Washington (The LA Times, NATIONAL)

To generations who came of age during the Cold War, the nuclear arms agreement announced Monday by U.S. and Russian officials has the ring of a once-impossible dream.

http://latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-051402nuke.story

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Church Bomb Trial

Opening Remarks in Church-Bomb Trial

Birmingham (The LA Times, NATIONAL)

A former Klansman boasted of bombing the church where four black girls died in 1963, regretting only that he didn't kill more and wearing the infamous civil rights-era crime "like a Klan medal," a prosecutor said today.

http://latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-051402churchbomb_wr.story

Opening Statements in Alabama Church Bombing Trial

A former Klansman boasted of bombing the church where four black girls died in 1963, regretting only that he didn't kill more and wearing the infamous civil rights-era crime ``like a Klan medal,'' a prosecutor said Tuesday.

http://nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Church-Bombing.html

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In Nightmares and Anger, Children Pay Hidden Cost of 9/11

The first couple of weeks after the disaster, Calla Perkins was bursting with anger. She expressed her fury in ways she would regret. She sometimes hit and kicked her cats and dog. "I'm so angry I don't know what to do," her mother, Laurel Emery, said Calla told her. When Calla, who is 8, walked past a sign advertising World Trade Center pictures, she would kick it. She would carry her stuffed animals to the bathroom, announcing the trade center was falling and she had to get them to safety.

http://nytimes.com/2002/05/14/nyregion/14KIDS.html

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May 13, 2002

Teen fatally shot, 2nd wounded in alley

Southwest Side (The Chicago Tribune, LOCAL)

Police were searching Sunday for suspects in a shooting in a Southwest Side alley that left one teenager dead and another hospitalized.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/showcase/chi-0205130165may13.story?coll=chi%2Dnews%2Dhed

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Alabama Church Bombing Trial Resumes

A jury was selected Monday in the murder trial of a former Ku Klux Klansman who is the final suspect in a 1963 church bombing that killed four black girls.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Church-Bombing.html

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Postal Worker's Letter Tied To Slaying of Afghan Leader

New York (The Washington Post, NATIONAL)

Authorities believe a U.S. postal employee in custody here helped draft a letter of introduction that may have been used by two men who posed as journalists to assassinate a leading opposition figure in Afghanistan last fall, according to a U.S. official familiar with the case. 

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8235-2002May12.html

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May 12, 2002

3 killed in apparent murder-suicide

Downstate (The Chicago Tribune, LOCAL)

Authorities on Saturday were investigating what appeared to be a murder-suicide in Hamilton, Ill., that left three people dead.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chicago/chi-0205120046may12.story

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34 years later, sad secret surfaces

Martinsville (The Chicago Tribune, NATIONAL)

On a dreary September afternoon in 1968, Carol Jenkins, a young black woman with dreams of becoming a model in Chicago, came to this small, white town to sell encyclopedias door to door.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-0205120236may12.story

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Cops seek man in woman's stabbing

Little Village (The Chicago Tribune, LOCAL)

Police said they were searching Saturday for a man they suspect of repeatedly stabbing a woman as she walked to her Little Village apartment Wednesday afternoon.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chicago/chi-0205120044may12.story

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2 Teen Friends, Alleged Gang Members, Slain

(The LA Times, LOCAL)

Two teenage boys, reportedly members of a street gang, were fatally shot early Saturday in the Oak View section of Huntington Beach, the first slayings in the city in nearly 2 1/2 years.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-000033632may12.story

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Gunmen Kill 11 at Mother's Day Party

(The LA Times, NATIONAL)

Masked gunmen opened fire on a Mother's Day party in northern Mexico, killing 11 people and injuring eight others, state police said.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-000033673may12.story

May 11, 2002

Arson fire kills Harvey man and his houseguest

(The Chicago Tribune, LOCAL)

A Harvey man and his houseguest died of carbon monoxide poisoning Thursday night in what investigators described as an apparent arson fire.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chicago/chi-0205110127may11.story

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May 10, 2002

CIA Missile Targets Afghan Warlord

Washington (The LA Times, NATIONAL)

The CIA fired a missile this week at an Afghan warlord accused of plotting attacks on his nation's interim government and American troops, a U.S. official said Thursday.

http://latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-051002cia.story?coll=la%2Dhome%2Dtodays%2Dtimes

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May 9, 2002

Charges filed in torture, drug case

(The Chicago Tribune, LOCAL)

Seven alleged current or former Latin King gang members were charged Wednesday in a drug conspiracy that officials said involved kidnapping, torture with heated coat hangers and the theft of more than 500 pounds of marijuana.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/showcase/chi-0205090263may09.story?coll=chi%2Dnews%2Dhed

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10 fewer slayings in city than last year

Chicago (The Chicago Tribune, LOCAL)

After leading the nation in homicides last year, Chicago has recorded about 10 fewer homicides so far in 2002 compared with the same period last year. The city's 173 murders through Tuesday placed Chicago behind Los Angeles and New York, said Chief of Detectives Phil Cline.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/showcase/chi-0205090268may09.story?coll=chi%2Dnews%2Dhed

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Mailbox Bombings Suspect 

Student Admits to Bombings

Las Vegas (The LA Times, NATIONAL)

College student Luke John Helder confessed that he is the mailbox pipe bomber, traveling so fast on his interstate crime spree that he was stopped twice for speeding, authorities said Wednesday.

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-050902bombs.story?coll=la%2Dhome%2Dtodays%2Dtimes

Pipe Bomb Suspect Gave Few Hints of Violent Plan

In hindsight, the tiny changes people saw in Lucas J. Helder's behavior still do not seem to add up to danger.

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/09/national/09PIPE.html

 Student Admits To Planting Pipe Bombs, FBI Says 

(The Washington Post, NATIONAL)

FBI officials said yesterday that Luke Helder, who was apprehended Tuesday on a Nevada highway, has confessed to planting pipe bombs in rural mailboxes across the Midwest in the past week.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56201-2002May8.html

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May 8, 2002

Mailbox Bombing

FBI: Suspect admits planting pipe bombs

Reno (The Chicago Tribune, NATIONAL)

The FBI said today that 21-year-old college student Luke Helder confessed to planting 18 pipe bombs in rural mailboxes in five states. Six people were injured in the spree.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/showcase/sns-pipebombs.story?coll=chi%2Dnews%2Dhed

Father's Tip Led to Mailbox-Bomb Suspect

Reno (The LA Times, NATIONAL)

After a five-day spate of pipe bombings that had rural Americans nervously eyeing their mailboxes, the suspect's own father and an alert motorist led to the arrest of a 21-year-old college student who majored in art and sang in a punk band called Apathy.

http://latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-050802bombs_wr.story

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Powell Says Attack Threatens Peace Effort

Washington (The LA Times, NATIONAL)

Secretary of State Colin Powell said today that the latest suicide bombing in Israel had endangered the hopes of pushing peace efforts in the Middle East.

http://latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-050802usmid_wr.story

F.B.I. Says Pipe-Bomb Suspect Confessed

Lucas John Helder, the 21-year-old college student who was arrested in connection with a rash of 18 pipe bombs planted in rural mailboxes in five states, told the Federal Bureau of Investigation today that he was responsible for making the explosives and placing them in the mailboxes.

http://nytimes.com/2002/05/08/national/08CND-PIPE.html

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White House backs right to own guns

Washington (The Chicago Tribune, NATIONAL)

Reversing long-held government policy, the Bush administration has told the Supreme Court that the 2nd Amendment protects an individual's right to possess a firearm that isn't tied to the maintenance of state militias.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/showcase/chi-0205080231may08.story?coll=chi%2Dnews%2Dhed

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May 7, 2002

Suspect in Mailbox Bombing

FBI names suspect in mailbox bomb case

Amarillo (The Chicago Tribune, NATIONAL)

The FBI said today it was searching for a 21-year-old college student in connection with a wave of pipe bombs found in rural mailboxes.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/showcase/sns-pipebombs.story?coll=chi%2Dnews%2Dhed

FBI Seeks Man in Mailbox Bombings

Amarillo (The LA Times, NATIONAL)

The FBI said today it was searching for a 21-year-old college student in connection with a wave of pipe bombs found in rural mailboxes. 

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-050702mailbox_wr.story

F.B.I. in Texas Search for Man in Pipe Bombings

The FBI issued an all-points bulletin Tuesday for a 22-year-old man, described as armed and dangerous, in connection with a wave of pipe bombs found in rural mailboxes, authorities said.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Mailbox-Bombs.html

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Man charged with murder in girl's death

South Side (The Chicago Tribune, LOCAL)

A 30-year-old South Side man was charged with murder early Tuesday in the shooting death Friday of a 10-year-old girl, Chicago police said.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/showcase/chi-0205070265may07.story?coll=chi%2Dnews%2Dhed

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Suspect Gets Away From Police in Fifth Escape of Last Six Weeks

A suspect in 16 sexual attacks in the city fled from a police interrogation room in the Bronx yesterday, the police said, in the latest embarrassing episode of a prisoner escaping from authorities in recent weeks.

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/07/nyregion/07ESCA.html

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26 Years Later, Skakel Stands Trial for Murder

Twenty-six years, 6 months and 8 days after a popular 15-year-old named Martha Moxley was bludgeoned to death outside her family's home in the gated Belle Haven neighborhood of Greenwich, her friend and neighbor, Michael C. Skakel, walked into a courtroom here today to stand trial in her murder.

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/07/nyregion/07CND-SKAK.html

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May 6, 2002

Federal Gun Crackdown

Federal gun crackdown arrests dozens

(The Chicago Tribune, LOCAL)

Dozens of suspects were arrested last week as part of a new federally funded crackdown on gun crimes, officials said.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/showcase/chi-0205060029may06.story?coll=chi%2Dnews%2Dhed

Free Guns Tweak City's Ban

Chicago (The LA Times, NATIONAL)

As anti-gun groups across the nation offer everything from cash to free pizzas to people willing to turn in their firearms, a joyfully antagonistic pro-gun rights group is giving away handguns to residents in Chicago, where merely possessing one is a felony.

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-050602givegun.story?coll=la%2Dhome%2Dtodays%2Dtimes

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31 arrested in fighting at parade

(The Chicago Tribune, LOCAL)

Adela Tiscareno was enjoying the colorful dancers, horse riders and Mexican folk music at the Cinco de Mayo parade Sunday in the Pilsen neighborhood when gang members began throwing punches in a brawl that ended with 31 arrests.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/showcase/chi-0205060197may06.story?coll=chi%2Dnews%2Dhed

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Officials Warn Postal Bomber May Head West

Washington (The LA Times, NATIONAL)

Postal authorities, bracing for the prospect of more pipe bombings, warned its managers in Midwest and Western states Sunday that whoever left more than a dozen explosives in mailboxes in Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska last week could be heading their way.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-000032140may06.story?coll=la%2Dheadlines%2Dnation%2Dmanual

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In Michigan, Anti-Terrorism Effort Goes Public 

(The Washington Post, NATIONAL)

When three immigration agents knocked on his apartment door in Ann Arbor, Mich., in December, Rabih Haddad already had his attorney on the phone.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37210-2002May5.html

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Children Languish as INS Wards 

(The Washington Post, NATIONAL)

They hunted him with weapons and threatened him with death, willing to do anything to force him into one of the most notorious paramilitary gangs in El Salvador. With no place to hide, the teenager believed that his only hope for safety was with his brother in Arlington, even if it meant crossing into the United States alone.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37320-2002May5.html

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May 5, 2002

Mailbox Bombing

Bombs found in Nebraska mailboxes

Cedar Rapids (The Chicago Tribune, NATIONAL)

A day after pipe bombs found in mailboxes injured six people in rural Iowa and Illinois, authorities in Nebraska on Saturday were investigating five similar devices found scattered across five south-central counties.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/showcase/chi-0205050358may05.story?coll=chi%2Dnews%2Dhed

5 More Bombs Are Found in Midwest

Washington (The LA Times, NATIONAL)

A rash of pipe-bomb incidents spread westward Saturday with the discovery of explosive devices in five rural mailboxes in eastern Nebraska. Federal agents descended on the region to investigate links to bombs found a day earlier in Iowa and Illinois.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-050502bombs.story

Five More Pipe Bombs Found in the Midwest

Chicago (The Washingon Post, NATIONAL)

Five pipe bombs were found in Nebraska today, as authorities in Illinois and Iowa continued to search for clues as to who may have planted eight pipe bombs in rural mailboxes that injured postal workers and residents a day earlier.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33369-2002May4.html

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Girl, 10, dies of shooting injuries

(The Chicago Tribune, LOCAL)

Ten-year-old Rita Haskins was just passing through, carrying the toddler of a relative, when an argument in the lobby of a South Side apartment building turned violent and a bullet hit Rita in the back of the head.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/showcase/chi-0205050169may05.story?coll=chi%2Dnews%2Dhed

Sixth Pipe Bomb Found in Nebraska

Ohiowa (The LA Times, NATIONAL)

Six pipe bombs were found Saturday in rural Nebraska mailboxes, heightening fears among Midwesterners already on edge after similar bombs injured six people in Iowa and Illinois the day before, authorities said. 

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/wire/ats-ap_top11may05.story?coll=la%2Dap%2Dtopnews%2Dheadlines

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A Biker Is Buried in California, and a Turf War Rages On

They say Christian Harvey Tate was a family man ? a Christian, as his name implied. They always say good things about a man at his funeral.

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/05/national/05BIKE.html

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Executions in Texas Up Sharply After Lull

After a sharp decline in executions last year, Texas appears likely to become the nation's death penalty capital again. This month alone, seven of its prisoners are to be put to death, a number that would have been eight except that the United States Supreme Court granted one a late reprieve on Wednesday.

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/05/national/05DEAT.html

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May 4, 2002
 

Mailbox Bombing

FBI: Mailbox bombs are acts of domestic terror

(The Chicago Tribune, NATIONAL)

Bombs exploded in six rural mailboxes in Illinois and Iowa on Friday, injuring six people in what the FBI described as an act of "domestic terrorism."

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/showcase/chi-0205040260may04.story?coll=chi%2Dnews%2Dhed

Pipe Bombs Explode in Mailboxes

Chicago (The LA Times, NATIONAL)

Six pipe bombs, placed in mailboxes along with an antigovernment letter exploded in rural communities in Illinois and Iowa Friday, injuring six people, authorities said.

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-050402bomb.story?coll=la%2Dhome%2Dtodays%2Dtimes

Mailbox Bombs Hurt 6 in Ill., Iowa

Milan (The LA Times, NATIONAL)

In an attack described as domestic terrorism, pipe bombs accompanied by anti-government propaganda exploded in six mailboxes in rural parts of Illinois and Iowa, injuring six people. 

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/wire/ats-ap_top10may04.story?coll=la%2Dap%2Dtopnews%2Dheadlines

7 Injured by Mailbox Pipe Bombs

Chicago (The Washington Post, NATIONAL)

Federal authorities were scrambling tonight to find out who was responsible for seven pipe bombs that exploded in rural mailboxes along the Mississippi River in Iowa and Illinois today, injuring five mail carriers and two residents.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29924-2002May3.html

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Ex-Officer Guilty of Manslaughter in Crash Following Drinking Bout

The former police officer who struck a pregnant woman and her family with his minivan after drinking beer for an entire day in Brooklyn last year was convicted yesterday of the most serious charges he faced ? four counts of second-degree manslaughter. The former officer, Joseph Gray, 41, faces up to 15 years in prison.

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/04/nyregion/04GRAY.html

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May 3, 2002

Teen had handgun in school, cops say

(The Chicago Tribune, LOCAL)

A 15-year-old Skokie boy was charged Thursday with bringing a loaded semi-automatic handgun to Niles West High School.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/showcase/chi-020503school-gun.story?coll=chi%2Dnews%2Dhed

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Conviction in `torture' rape

(The Chicago Tribune, LOCAL)

Mark Anthony Lewis was found guilty Thursday of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl in what prosecutors called a "torture" attack that lasted nearly 3 hours.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/showcase/chi-0205030298may03.story?coll=chi%2Dnews%2Dhed

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May 2, 2002

Man with a gun shot by officers

(The Chicago Tribune, LOCAL)

A 25-year-old man was shot Wednesday night by Chicago police officers after he pointed a handgun at them on the South Side, authorities said.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/showcase/chi-0205020150may02.story?coll=chi%2Dnews%2Dhed

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House Probes Pilots' Use of Guns

Washington (The Chicago Tribune, NATIONAL)

Momentum is building in Congress for a proposal to arm America's commercial airline pilots to protect against terrorist hijackings, even though Bush administration officials have opposed it. 

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/showcase/sns-ap-arming-pilots0502may02.story?coll=chi%2Dnews%2Dhed

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Post-9/11 Pain Found to Linger in Young Minds

Tens of thousands of public-school children in New York City are experiencing chronic nightmares, fear of public places, severe anxiety and other mental health problems months after the World Trade Center attack, a study conducted for the Board of Education has found.

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/02/health/02SCHO.html

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May 1, 2002

Hunt for Al Qaeda Intensifies

Washington (The LA Times, NATIONAL)

Hundreds of U.S. and allied soldiers have begun searching both sides of the Afghan border with Pakistan in an expanding campaign to track down Al Qaeda fighters that has led to the death of four suspected holdouts in two clashes Monday and Tuesday, U.S. defense officials said.

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-050102mili.story?coll=la%2Dhome%2Dtodays%2Dtimes

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Charity Funded Terror, U.S. Says

Washington (The LA Times, NATIONAL)

U.S. authorities arrested the Syrian-born head of an international Islamic charity Tuesday, alleging that his group has funded terrorist activities for years and has ties to militants who have tried to acquire nuclear and chemical weapons for Osama bin Laden.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-000030979may01.story?coll=la%2Dheadlines%2Dnation%2Dmanual

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Israelis search 4 cities

West Bank (The Chicago Tribune, WORLD)

In wide-ranging operations in the West Bank, Israeli troops searched for Palestinian militants in four separate cities and villages Saturday, making arrests and encountering little resistance.

h ttp://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0206020382jun02.story?coll=chi%2Dnewsnationworld%2Dhed

Israeli troops search for Palestinian suspects in Nablus

Nablus (The Chicago Tribune, WORLD)

Israeli forces patrolled the deserted streets of this Palestinian city Saturday with tanks, armored personnel carriers and armored jeeps as they searched for suspects in terrorist activities

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0206020407jun02.story?coll=chi%2Dnewsnationworld%2Dhed

Israel's Forces Move Into Nablus, Seizing 100 and Imposing Curfew

Nablus (The New York Times, INTERNATIONAL)

 Israeli tanks and troops stormed into Nablus and its neighboring Balata refugee camp before dawn today, rounding up about a hundred Palestinians, in the largest of the daily raids since its virtual occupation of most West Bank cities in April.

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/01/international/middleeast/01MIDE.html

Palestinian Killed at Mosque

West Bank (The LA Times, INTERNATIONAL)

A man who defied curfew is shot outside the building in the West Bank. The Israeli army says there was an exchange of fire.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-060202izpals.story

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 Pakistani Suggests Russian Mediation of Kashmir Crisis

Kashmir (The New York Times, International) 

With India's prime minister unwilling to meet with him at a summit this week, the Pakistani leader held out the possibility today that Russia could serve as a mediator.
 
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Asian-Defense-India-Pakistan.html

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Factional Afghan Fighting Kills 10

Nimruz (The LA Times, INTERNATIONAL)

Rival factions fought with rockets and small-arms fire in the capital of the southwestern Afghan province of Nimruz, killing at least 10 people, an Afghan official said Saturday.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-000038890jun02.story?coll=la%2Dheadlines%2Dworld

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Chavez denies ordering massacre of opponents

Caracas (The Chicago Tribune,WORLD)

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez portrayed himself Friday as the heroic survivor of the coup against him in April, saying the plotters planned to kill him and denying charges that he ordered a massacre of demonstrating opponents

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0206020384jun02.story?coll=chi%2Dnewsnationworld%2Dhed

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26 peasants killed in apparent feud

(The Chicago Tribune, WORLD)

Twenty-six peasants were ambushed and murdered in southern Mexico, apparently killed by rival farmers in a long-running land dispute, officials said Saturday.

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26 Peasants Are Killed in Ambush on Rural Mexican Road

Mexico City (The New York Times, International) 

 Twenty-six peasants were shot and killed on Friday night in an ambush on a remote dirt road in southern Oaxaca, officials from the state attorney general's office said tonight.

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/02/international/americas/02MEXI.html

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May 18, 2002

Dead Afghans Were Fighting Troops

Kabul (The Chicago Tribune, INTERNATIONAL)

Coalition forces "have no reason to believe" claims by an Afghan tribe that it was skirmishing with a rival clan -- not firing on coalition forces -- when it was bombed by U.S. planes, an American military spokesman said Saturday. 

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/showcase/ats-ap_top12may18.story?coll=chi%2Dnews%2Dhed

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Arab States Shift Approach To Mideast Peace Efforts 

Cairo (The Washington Post, INTERNATIONAL)

Syrian President Bashar Assad said at an Arab summit in March that it was all right for Palestinian suicide bombers to kill Israeli civilians because "in Israel, everyone is armed." At a ceremony honoring Syrian war dead in mid-April, he again praised the Palestinians' "heroic operations."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35450-2002May17.html

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May 17, 2002

Afghanistan

Troops Begin Mission in Afghanistan

Bagram (The Chicago Tribune, INTERNATIONAL)

Backed by U.S. air power, some 1,000 coalition troops spread out into mountainous eastern Afghanistan Friday to find and fight suspected al-Qaida or Taliban soldiers who had fired on an Australian patrol. 

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/showcase/sns-ap-afghanistan0517may17.story?coll=chi%2Dnews%2Dhed

Taliban Killed in New Operation in Afghanistan Mountains

Nearly 1,000 British commandos were airlifted to a rugged corner of eastern Afghanistan today after an Australian special forces patrol came under fire Thursday afternoon from suspected Taliban fighters, American and British officials said. 

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/17/international/17CND-AFGH.html

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May 16, 2002

Israel Pursues Focused Attacks

Halhoul (The Washington Post, INTERNATIONAL)

At 1 a.m. under a chilly spring rain, the streets of Halhoul city lay silent and apparently deserted.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23300-2002May15.html

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May 15, 2002

Deadly Messages to Mexico

Tijuana (The LA Times, INTERNATIONAL)

Their killings weresurgical, their brutality unspeakable, and their death toll on California's doorstep runs well into the hundreds. Many of their victims were symbolic, chosen for the message their slayings would send, and by all official accounts, the killing was fun.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-051502victims.story

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Spanish Officials: Attack Thwarted

Madrid (The LA Times, INTERNATIONAL)

Spanish authorities seized an arsenal of weapons and explosives and thwarted a major terrorist attack the Basque separatist group ETA planned to launch against an upcoming summit of Latin American and European leaders, officials said Wednesday. 

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-attacks-spain0515may15.story?coll=la%2Dap%2Dtopnews%2Dheadlines

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Gunmen Kill 30, Including 10 Children, in Kashmir

In one of the deadliest attacks India has witnessed in recent years, three men disguised in army fatigues killed 30 people today and wounded 48 with sprays of automatic gunfire in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, which both India and Pakistan claim. 

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/15/international/asia/15INDI.html

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May 14, 2002

Attack on Indian Army Camp

At Least 30 Killed in Kashmir By Suspected Islamic Militants

Three suspected Islamic militants killed at least 30 people, including women and children, in an attack today on a bus and an army camp in Kashmir, the army said.

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/14/international/14CND-INDI.html

Attack on Indian Army Camp Kills 30 

New Delhi (The Washington Post, INTERNATIONAL)

Three armed men wearing military uniforms opened fire on a bus and stormed an army camp in Indian Kashmir today, killing at least 30 and injuring 47 before they were shot dead, Indian officials said.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12647-2002May14.html

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May 13, 2002

U.S. and Russia Will Sign Nuclear Pact to Reduce Warheads

The United States and Russia have reached agreement to slash each nation's nuclear weapons stockpiles by roughly two thirds, and will sign a binding treaty in Moscow on May 24, President Bush and President Vladimir V. Putin said today. 

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/13/international/13CND-RUSS.html

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A Bombing in Russia: A Massacre of Children

Laura Gidayatova was at her stall in the outdoor market of this Caspian seaside town on Thursday, hawking the flowers that countless folks were laying on the graves of World War II veterans, when the distant rumble of an explosion washed over the vendors. 

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/13/international/europe/13RUSS.html

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May 12, 2002

Blast ravages car parked near local politician's home

Brunssum (The Chicago Tribune, INTERNATIONAL)

An explosion ripped apart a car parked in front of the house of a local politician in the southern Netherlands on Saturday, five days after the leader of a national political movement was shot to death.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0205120244may12.story

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May 11, 2002

Israel / Palestine Conflict

In Gaza, cheers and trepidation

Gaza City (The Chicago Tribune, INTERNATIONAL)

The people of Gaza City celebrated the arrival of Palestinian militants evacuated from the Church of the Nativity on Friday, while Israeli leaders sent mixed signals about a potential military response to the latest suicide bombing in Israel.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-0205110205may11.story

26 Gunmen Cross Into Gaza

Gaza City (The LA Times, INTERNATIONAL)

One by one, the 26 Palestinian gunmen walked across the checkpoint at Erez on Friday and into the covered causeway that thousands of Palestinian workers once passed through on their way to jobs in Israel.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-051102gunman.story
 

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Indian firefighters strike over mob attacks

Ahmadabad (The Chicago Tribune, INTERNATIONAL)

Hindu and Muslim firefighters who together had battled fires set by religious rioters in India's Gujarat state staged a strike Friday after they became the latest target of mob violence.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0205110155may11.story

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Afghan Terror Network Is Still a Threat, U.S. Says

Bagram Air Base (The LA Times, INTERNATIONAL)

Al Qaeda and the Taliban are on the run, but they retain a powerful network of arms, money and determined fighters that continues to compel U.S.-led anti- terrorism forces to prepare for further major offensives, the American commander of coalition troops said Friday.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-000033293may11.story

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May 10, 2002

Israel / Palestine Conflict

Israeli forces near Gaza as church siege ends

Gaza City (The Chicago Tribune, INTERNATIONAL)

Israeli tanks and troops massed near the Gaza Strip today for an anticipated military strike in retaliation for a Hamas suicide bombing, as Palestinian police arrested seven members of the Islamic militant group.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/showcase/sns-israel.story?coll=chi%2Dnews%2Dhed

Militants in Shrine Siege Flown to Exile

Bethlehem (The LA Times, INTERNATIONAL)

A tense standoff between Israeli troops and Palestinian gunmen at the Church of the Nativity ended after 39 days today, with 13 suspected militants flown into European exile and 26 released into the Gaza Strip.

http://latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-051002beth_wr.story

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Russian Bomb Blast

Deaths in Russia Bomb Blast Reach 41

Makhachkala (The LA Times, INTERNATIONAL)

Flags flew at half-staff and all entertainment TV programming was canceled Friday in the southern Russian republic of Dagestan, where the death toll in a holiday bombing rose to 41. 

http://latimes.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-russia-blast0510may10.story?coll=la%2Dap%2Dtopnews%2Dheadlines

Bomb Blast at a Crowded Parade K ills at Least 34 in Russian Town

A powerful bomb stuffed with bolts and nails and hidden in roadside bushes ripped through a military parade today in southwest Russia commemorating the end of World War II. At least 34 people died, including at least 12 children, and Russian news services said another 130 were hospitalized.

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/10/international/europe/10RUSS.html

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20 Truckloads of Arms Found in Caves

Kabul (The LA Times, INTERNATIONAL)

Coalition forces discovered more than 20 truckloads of ammunition and weapons behind padlocked doors in a complex of four caves, a British commander said Friday. 

http://latimes.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-afghanistan0510may10.story?coll=la%2Dap%2Dtopnews%2Dheadlines

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Bank Robbers Kill 6 in Hungary in Attack That Stuns the Nation

Two gunmen shot and killed six people today and left two fighting for their lives in a bank robbery in western Hungary, deeply shocking a country where such violence is rare.

http://nytimes.com/2002/05/10/international/europe/10HUNG.html

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May 9, 2002

Bomb Blast Near Chechnya

At Least 32 Dead in Bomb Blast

Kaspiisk (The LA Times, INTERNATIONAL)

A remote-controlled bomb exploded today as a Victory Day parade marched down the main street of this Caspian Sea port town near Chechnya. At least 32 people died, including 12 children, and 150 were injured as the town celebrated the Allied defeat of Nazi Germany.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-050902bomb_wr.story

Bomb Attack Kills 32 in Town Near Chechnya 

Kaspiisk (The Washington Post, INTERNATIONAL)

A remote-controlled bomb exploded Thursday as a Victory Day parade marched down the main street of this Caspian Sea port town near Chechnya. At least 32 people died, including 12 children, and 150 were injured as the town celebrated the Allied defeat of Nazi Germany.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59213-2002May9.html

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Arafat Vows to Combat Terrorism

Ramallah (The LA Times, INTERNATIONAL)

While Israelis debated how to dispose of him, Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat, desperate to stave off another round of military punishment, said Wednesday that he was ordering his forces to put a halt to terrorist attacks on Israeli civilians.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-000032818may09.story?coll=la%2Dheadlines%2Dworld%2Dmanual

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Colombian War

Colombian War Brings Carnage to Village Altar

All that is left today of the church in this riverbank hamlet are four bullet-scarred walls. The roof was blown off. The wooden pews are splintered, the statue of Jesus smashed to pieces. The floor is covered with blood and maggots, evidence of the worst loss of civilian life in a single day in Colombia's seemingly endless civil conflict.

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/09/international/americas/09COLO.html

No Sanctuary From Colombian War 

Bellavista (The Washington Post, INTERNATIONAL)

Through the night and toward dawn last Thursday, St. Paul the Apostle Church rang with prayer and song as a battle raged outside in the darkness. More than 300 townspeople filled Bellavista's only concrete building to escape house-to-house combat between Colombia's two largest irregular armies.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56591-2002May8.html

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Caves Filled With Weapons Found in Eastern Afghanistan

British troops in eastern Afghanistan have found caves filled with anti-tank and anti-aircraft ammunition, and local residents said the caves were used by al-Qaida and Taliban fighters, a senior British commander said Thursday.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Afghanistan.html

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At Least 14 Die in Attack on French Group in Pakistan

At least 14 people, most of them French, were killed and more than 20 seriously wounded today when a suicide car-bomber pulled a red  Toyota alongside a shuttle bus in front of the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Karachi and exploded it. 

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/09/international/asia/09STAN.html

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May 8, 2002

Pakistan Suicide Bombing

Pakistan Suicide Blast Kills 14

Karachi (The LA Times, INTERNATIONAL)

A suicide bomber blew up a shuttle bus parked outside a Karachi hotel today in a thunderous explosion that killed 11 French engineers, their Pakistani driver and a passer-by. Twenty-three people were wounded.

http://latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-050802pakblast_wr.story

Suspected Suicide Bomb Kills 14, Mostly French, in Pakistan City

At least 14 people, most of them French, were killed and more than a score seriously wounded today when a red  Toyota pulled up alongside a shuttle bus in front of the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Karachi and exploded, leaving a deep crater and scattering arms, legs and other body parts over a wide area.

http://nytimes.com/2002/05/08/international/07CND-STAN.html

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Activist Charged in Fortuyn Murder

Activist Charged in Fortuyn Murder

Amsterdam (The LA Times, INTERNATIONAL)

An environmentalist and animal rights activist was charged Wednesday with murdering a popular anti-immigration politician. Authorities said they were baffled by the assassination of Pim Fortuy.

Pim Fortuyn .

http://nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Netherlands-Politician.html
 

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Suicide Attack in Israel

16 Die in Suicide Attack in Israel

Rishon Letzion (The LA Times, INTERNATIONAL)

A Palestinian with a large bomb strapped to his waist blew himself up inside a crowded pool hall here Tuesday night, police said, killing at least 15 Israelis and ravaging U.S. efforts to push Israelis and Palestinians into peace talks.

http://latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-000032673may08.story?coll=la%2Dheadlines%2Dworld%2Dmanual

Suicide Blast at Pool Hall Ends Respite

Rishon Letzion (The Washington Post, INTERNATIONAL)

A suicide bomber detonated a satchel explosive in a crowded pool hall near Tel Aviv on Tuesday night, killing at least 15 people and wounding at least 50, police said. The bombing ended a three-week lull in suicide attacks during an Israeli military campaign in the West Bank.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47518-2002May7.html
 

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Deadly Church Battle in Colombia Studied

Through a hellish night and into the day, hundreds of families huddled on the floor of the church, praying for an end to the battle raging through their Colombian village.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Colombia-Fighting.html

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Army Official: Nepal Rebels Kill 100

Rebels took back a key mountain stronghold in western Nepal, killing all 100 government soldiers and police officers guarding the base, an army official said Wednesday.

http://nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Nepal-Rebels.html

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May 7, 2002

Israel / Palestine Conflict

Siege Deal Snags Over Where to Exile Militants

Bethlehem (The LA Times, INTERNATIONAL)

Israel and the Palestinians agreed to terms today for ending a 36-day standoff at the Church of the Nativity, including the deportation of 13 suspected militants holed up inside. But Israel said it could not find a country willing to take in the deportees. 

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-050702izpals_wr.story

Deal Reached on Bethlehem Siege, but No One Will Accept Gunmen

Israeli and Palestinian negotiators have agreed on a deal to settle the siege at the Church of the Nativity here, but it was stalled because they had not found a country willing to take 13 gunmen holed up in the church who have agreed to be sent abroad.

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Maverick Dutch Politician Is Slain Before Elections

Paris (The LA Times, INTERNATIONAL)

Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn, a populist maverick whose criticism of immigration and Islam propelled his rapid rise, was shot and killed Monday outside a radio studio in an Amsterdam suburb.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-000032317may07.story?coll=la%2Dheadlines%2Dworld%2Dmanual

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May 6, 2002

Israel / Palestine Conflict

Israel sets up ring of armor around towns

Tulkarem (The Chicago Tribune, INTERNATIONAL)

Israeli tanks and troops have retreated from almost all the Palestinian cities in the West Bank that saw death and destruction since Operation Protective Shield began at the end of March. But they have not gone far. And they make no promise to stay away for long.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/showcase/chi-0205060223may06.story?coll=chi%2Dnews%2Dhed

Sides Near a Deal To End Impasse at Bethlehem Church 

Bethlehem (The Washington Post, INTERNATIONAL)

Negotiators were on the verge of agreement today to end the 35-day siege around the Church of the Nativity by sending some of the Palestinians inside into exile in Italy and others to the Gaza Strip for trial, according to Israeli and Palestinian sources.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37475-2002May5.html

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U.S. Raids Along Afghan Border Seen as Lasting Past Summer

The new American strategy for wiping out enemy fighters in the most lawless area of Afghanistan calls for mounting continuous counterinsurgency operations on both sides of the border with Pakistan that could last beyond this summer, senior officials at the Pentagon say. 

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/06/international/asia/06WAR.html

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Freed Burma Opposition Leader

Burmese Democracy Advocate Is Released From House Arrest

The military government of Myanmar freed the opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi today after 19 months of house arrest and said it would allow her to pursue her political activities as leader of the country's democratic opposition.

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/06/international/asia/06BURM.html

 Freed Burma Opposition Leader Pledges to Continue Fight for Democracy 

Rangoon (The Washington Post, INTERNATIONAL)

Freed by Burma's military regime after 19 months under house arrest, pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi made her first public appearance today, greeting ebullient supporters at the headquarters of her political party and saying she was "ready to cooperate with the authorities for the betterment of the people."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38438-2002May6.html

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May 5, 2002

Germans mourn rampage victims

Erfurt (The Chicago Tribune, INTERNATIONAL)

German leaders sought to console a wounded nation Friday at a memorial for 16 people slain by an expelled high school student.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/showcase/chi-0205050217may05.story?coll=chi%2Dnews%2Dhed

Nepal Claims to Kill 350 Guerrillas

Kathmandu (The Washington Post, INTERNATIONAL)

Security forces killed at least 350 guerrillas in gun battles in western Nepal, the Defense Ministry said today, in what would be the deadliest fighting in the rebels' six-year campaign to oust the constitutional monarchy.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33772-2002May4.html

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May 4, 2002

Israelis return tanks to Nablus

(The Chicago Tribune, INTERNATIONAL)

Israeli troops and tanks rolled into this West Bank city before dawn Friday and in a fierce gun battle killed a Palestinian militant, making it clear Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has no immediate plans to loosen the military clamp around Palestinian cities or abandon the hunt for what he calls "terrorist networks."

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/showcase/chi-0205040284may04.story?coll=chi%2Dnews%2Dhed

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Nepal Troops Kill 350 Maoist Rebels

Kathmandu (The LA Times, INTERNATIONAL)

Security forces killed at least 350 Maoist guerrillas in gunbattles in western Nepal, the Defense Ministry said Saturday, in what would be the deadliest couple of days in the rebels' 6-year-old campaign to replace the constitutional monarchy with a communist state. 

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/wire/ats-ap_top12may04.story?coll=la%2Dap%2Dtopnews%2Dheadlines

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U.S. Says Iraq Is Developing Banned Arms

United Nations (The LA Times, INTERNATIONAL)

U.S. officials have presented U.N. Security Council members with what the Americans say is new evidence that Iraq is developing long-range missiles in defiance of international sanctions, diplomats here said Friday.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-000031593may04.story?coll=la%2Dheadlines%2Dworld%2Dmanual

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Gunman Surrenders After Holding Hostages at Istanbul Hotel

A gunman surrendered to police and freed 13 people Saturday, after holding them hostage for an hour at a luxury Istanbul hotel in an apparent protest against Russia's bloody military campaigns in Chechnya.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Turkey-Hostage-Taking.html

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May 3, 2002

Israeli Troops Attack Hamas Hideout; Both Sides React to Plans for Summit

Israeli troops swooped down on a Hamas hide-out in the West Bank's largest city Friday, while Orthodox Christians in biblical Bethlehem marked a somber Good Friday with no sign of a break in the siege of the Church of the Nativity, now entering its second month.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Israel-Palestinians.html

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Nepal Kills 90 Maoist Rebels in Crackdown

Nepal Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba Friday rejected an offer to resume peace talks with Maoist insurgents after troops killed 90 rebels in fierce overnight assaults in the west of the Himalayan kingdom.

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/international/international-nepal-violence.html

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May 2, 2002

Jubilant Arafat Emerges After Siege

Ramallah (The LA Times, INTERNATIONAL)

A pale but jubilant Yasser Arafat emerged from his West Bank headquarters today, blinking in the sunlight and flashing victory signs after Israeli troops withdrew from his compound and released the Palestinian leader from months of confinement.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-050202izpals_wr.story

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Pakistan Bombs Kill Boy, Injure Six

Karachi (The LA Times, INTERNATIONAL)

Two bombs exploded Thursday, killing a 12-year-old boy and wounding six members of his family, in the second straight day of bombing attacks in this restive port city, police said. 

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-May-Day.html

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